Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested two suspected vandals in Kano state.
The Public Relations Officer of the NSCDC Kano State command, Ibrahim Abdullahi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement on Monday.
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He said one of the suspect, Murtala Aliyu Muhd, 35, and resident of Dawakin Dakata quarters, Nassarawa LG, Kano, was apprehended late in the night after gaining entry into Dakata Jum’at mosque through its window.
“The suspect successfully stole and made away with one of the mosque solar energy batteries supplying electricity to the worshipping centre.
“The following day as he was conveying the battery to market for sale he was intercepted and arrested by personnel of the Corps on security duty at a checkpoint, having not provided any satisfactory account of where he got and had been taking it to.
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“Recently, the same suspect was alleged to have stolen over 300,000 Naira from the same mosque, possessed by one of the mosque’s servants, the crimes of which the suspect confessed to have committed,” the statement said.
Similarly, another suspected vandal, 19-year-old Musbahu Sani of Darmanawa quarters, Tarauni Local government has also been apprehended.
According to Abdullahi, Sani was arrested in possession of large armored cables believed to have been vandalized and stolen.
He said upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to have removed the wire on an electricity installation (transformer) at Darmanawa quarters.
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“He was taking it to market when he was captured by civil defence along Court road, Gyadi -Gyadi, Kano State,” he said.
He said after investigation, the two suspects would be charged to court for appropriate prosecution.
